Friday, January 16, 2009

it's the sound of the unlocking and the lift away

almost exactly 4 years ago, armed with one of those DCWV stacks that my mother gave me (it was the stack 3!), i decided to try my hand at scrapbooking. i'd dabbled in it before, but this time i was determined to use up the damn stack and make this hobby stick. looking for inspiration, i started searching for scrapbooking sites, and stumbled upon two peas in a bucket. i never looked back since, and became hopeless addicted to this thing called scrapbooking.

over the years, i've spent countless hours posting on the boards (i miss the late night threads in the pub!), gazing at the fabulous layouts in the gallery, and was always amazed by the inspiring layouts in the creating garden. oh, how i longed to be a garden girl myself. that dream seemed impossible...until today.

i'm truly shocked and honored to be a garden girl right now. of course, this news came with a bit of sadness for me, because it meant that i had to step down from my positions on the designer digitals and studio calico teams. it was a difficult decision to make, and one i thought hard about. i had an amazing time working with the people there, and they were both a huge part of my life the last few years. i will truly miss working with both sites, and am really sad to go, but at the same time, am excited at this new opportunity that has been presented to me.

studio calico hasn't been able to get rid of me quite yet, though! i will submit my final projects with the february kit, which will be revealed on the 27th.

WOW! Seriously, I GASPED and my breath caught in my chest at the first sentence. I'm SO happy for you! I know this is a dream come true, and you SO deserve it! Awesome work!

That being said... I can't say that I didn't shed a little tear when you said you had stepped down from Studio Calico. I know you'll still be a presence there, and I hope you'll still amaze us with the use of their kits (I hope! I hope)!

I mean, it's seriously ALL because of you that I'm obsessed with and seriously STOKED about my new-found-friends and scrapbooking loveliness that is Studio Calico.

Okay, now that you've gotten some GREAT news... please tell me somebody celebrated by gifting you an iPod Nano?!?!?! ;)

Congratulations! I'll miss you at SC but am glad that you're still very much "around".p.s. I'm still working on that first DCWV stack from 5 years ago! I use them as scrap paper when I'm glittering or painting now. Gotta use them up somehow!

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Just another girl (woman?) living in San Francisco. I'm short, loud, and sarcastic (but awesome - duh!). I wander the city aimlessly in search of delicious food, spend way too much time dreaming of my next adventure, and complain about the fog all the time. I live for good design and photography, coffee, red wine, and ramen.This blog is a random collection of my life, my travels, scrapbook projects, photography and what I eat and wear.